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6160 Veeam Installer Service

TCP Unofficial
UDP
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Veeam component (6160–6170 range).

When / why

Veeam Backup & Replication agent communications.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Unofficial Not assigned by IANA, but standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP Not applicable for this transport.
SCTP Not applicable for this transport.
DCCP Not applicable for this transport.

Port range

Registered (1024–49151). Assigned by IANA on request; usable without elevated privileges on most systems.

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Firewall rules for port 6160

Copy-ready inbound rules for the active transports. Replace every <source> placeholder with the specific host, subnet, or CIDR that should reach this port.

ufw

sudo ufw allow proto tcp from <source> to any port 6160

Allow TCP 6160 (Veeam Installer Service). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

firewalld

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="6160" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 6160 (Veeam Installer Service) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 6160 accept

Allow TCP 6160 (Veeam Installer Service). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 6160 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 6160 (Veeam Installer Service). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-veeaminstallerservice-6160 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 6160

Inbound rule for 6160 (Veeam Installer Service). Set <source> to a CIDR; lower priority number = higher precedence.

AWS Security Group

aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress --group-id <sg-id> --ip-permissions IpProtocol=tcp,FromPort=6160,ToPort=6160,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 6160 (Veeam Installer Service). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-veeaminstallerservice-6160 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:6160 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 6160 (Veeam Installer Service). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow Veeam Installer Service 6160/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=6160 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 6160 (Veeam Installer Service). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow Veeam Installer Service 6160/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 6160 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 6160 (Veeam Installer Service). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

Rules are generated only for transports marked active for this port. They default to an inbound allow with an explicit source placeholder — never any. Review direction, scope, and rule precedence before applying in production.